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Ministry of Electronics & IT
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar engages with the Indian Diaspora in Dubai
India is a beacon of growth for the world today, powered by a vibrant leadership & bold reforms: Shri Chandrasekhar at Vishwa Sadhbhavana event
MoS met the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Mr. Omar Sultan Al Olama, explores cooperation in deep tech, electronics/ semicon
The Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that India today is a beacon of growth for the world, made possible by a vibrant leadership and bold reforms that has turned the earlier narrative of India being a dysfunctional democracy on its head.
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar addressing the Indian diaspora in Dubai
Addressing the Indian diaspora at the Vishwa Sadhbhavana event on Saturday in Dubai, UAE, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, “India is now at an inflection point. From where we are today, in the coming 25 years of Amrit Kaal, India can go only forward and that would be the natural next point in its development journey.”
Reaffirming that Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership, extensive reforms, and the success of the Government’s flagship programmes like Digital India, Skills India, Start-up India etc, have changed India’s earlier narrative of a leaky, dysfunctional democracy, the Minister said that India today is a “living and breathing example” of a country that is not only plural, secular and diverse but also one that stands for Economic development, innovation, growth and prosperity.
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar launching two books about the impact of 20 years of leadership of PM Shri Narendra Modi ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ & 'Heartfelt: The Legacy of Faith' at an event in Dubai
At the programme, where members of the Indian diaspora were present in huge numbers, Shri Chandrasekhar also launched two books about the impact of 20 years of leadership of PM Narendra Modi ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ & 'Heartfelt: The Legacy of Faith'. The event was organised by the NID Foundation.
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar with Mr. Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE MoS for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy & Remote Work Applications in Dubai
The Minister, who was on a day-long trip to Dubai, had earlier held a meeting with Mr. Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy & Remote Work Applications. Shri Chandrasekhar shared with him PM Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of New India and discussed the possibilities of cooperation between the two countries, especially in the field of deep tech, artificial intelligence, electronics and semiconductors.
The Minister also visited Ajman, UAE to attend the Deepotsav 2022 event organised by the Indian People’s Forum  UAE Uttar Pradesh Council. In his address to the members of the diaspora there, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke about various initiatives taken by the Prime Minister for transforming New India with reimagined ambitions, to achieve the target of One Trillion USD Digital economy/ 5T USD Economy by 2026.
Ministry of Power
'Bijli Utsav' organized by REC in Gujarat as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
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- Event witnesses speaker sessions by utility officials highlighting consumer rights of electricity, benefits of electricity and the challenges faced during electrification in remote areas and how the quality of life improves with access to power
- Quiz competition and Nukkad Natak held to impart knowledge on subjects such as consumer rights of electricity, energy conservation and the benefits of electricity
- Event conclude with distribution of LED bulbs as prizes to the winners of the competitions
REC Limited organized ‘Bijli Utsav’ in Gujarat
As a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ – to celebrate 75 years of Independence, REC Limited, a Maharatna Company under the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India organized ‘Bijli Utsav’ in Mota Fofaliya village, Taluka Sinor, Vadodara district in Gujarat. Officials from Madhya Gujarat Vij Company limited  and REC Regional Office Mumbai, Vadodara had graced the occasion.
The event witnessed speaker sessions by utility officials highlighting the consumer rights of electricity, benefits of electricity and the challenges faced during electrification in remote areas and how the quality of life improves with access to power. Beneficiaries from the villages were also invited on-stage to share their experience and views on how access to electricity has transformed their lives.
To engage with the villagers and children, quiz competition was also held. Nukkad Natak was also performed to impart knowledge on subjects such as consumer rights of electricity, energy conservation and the benefits of electricity. The event concluded with distribution of LED bulbs as prizes to the winners of the competitions.
About REC Limited: REC Limited is an NBFC focusing on Power Sector Financing and Development across India. Established in 1969, REC Limited has completed over fifty years in the area of its operations. It provides financial assistance to state electricity boards, state governments, central/state power utilities, independent power producers, rural electric cooperatives and private sector utilities. Its business activities involve financing projects in the complete power sector value chain; for various types of projects including Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Renewable Energy. REC’s funding illuminates every fourth bulb in India.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 80 Cr
More than 85 Lakh doses administered in last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 97.68%
30,773 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  is 0.99% of Total Cases
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 86 days
With the administration of 85,42,732 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the landmark figure of 80 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 79,15,457 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,68,565
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2nd Dose
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87,23,015
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,44,648
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2nd Dose
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1,44,80,304
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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32,53,21,724
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2nd Dose
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5,91,05,510
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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15,03,91,317
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2nd Dose
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6,87,57,707
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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9,66,20,196
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2nd Dose
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5,22,59,345
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Total
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80,43,72,331
The recovery of 38,945 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,26,71,167.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.68%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 84 consecutive days now.
30,773 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently 3,32,158. Active cases presently constitute 0.99% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
15,59,895 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 55.23 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.04% remains less than 3% for the last 86 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.97%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 20 days and below 5% for 103 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO lays down provisions to help Pensioners in submitting Jeevan Parmaan with ease
As per the provisions laid down, pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 are required to submit Life Certificate annually in the month of November each year. From 2016 facility has been provided for submission of Jeevan Parmaan digitally as authentication for proof of identity of the individual pensioners.
In order to obviate the difficulties faced by the pensioners in submission of Jeevan Parmaan in the month of November 2017 following has been decided:
1) Those pensioners who have already submitted Jeevan Parmaan digitally for the previous year need not essentially submit digital Jeevan Parmaan for the current year. If they face any difficulty in doing so, they may submit paper based life certificate to the concerned pension drawing bank branches or can submit Jeevan Parmaan digitally as per their convenience.
2) Those who have not submitted Jeevan Parmaan digitally even once should submit Jeevan Parmaan digitally in the month of November 2017. The facility of submission of Jeevan Parmaan digitally are available in all offices of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation , pension disbursing banks and common service centre’s. Further, digital Jeevan Parmaan has been made available in the UMANG App of EPFO.
3) Life Certificate in physical form may be accepted from such pensioners who have genuine reason for non submission of digital Jeevan Parmaan and such reason should be recorded by pensioner while submitting the life certificate.
Suitable instructions to the field offices on above lines have already been circulated for compliance so that no pensioner faces any difficulty in this regard.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
NGOs permitted to buy food grains directly from FCI for Relief operations
NGOs and Charitable Organizations are playing important role in providing cooked food to thousands of poor and needy people during this time of nationwide lockdown. To ensure uninterrupted supply of foodgrain to these organization Government has directed FCI to provide Wheat and Rice to such organizations at the Open Market Sale Scheme  rates without going through the e-auction process. Hitherto only state governments and registered bulk users like Roller Flour Mills were allowed to buy stock from FCI under OMSS rates. These organizations can purchase 1 to 10 MT at a time from FCI at the predetermined reserve prices. FCI has network of more than 2000 godowns in the country and such large network of godowns will ensure smooth supply of food grains to these organisations in this hour of crisis. It will help relief camps in their philanthropic work of feeding poor and migrant workers in the country. The details of lifting of foodgrain by such institutions would be intimated to the concerned DMs to ensure that the foodgrain are utilised for the intended purpose. Maintaining the quick pace of transportation of foodgrain stocks across the country, FCI has moved 2.2 Million tonnes from the surplus states since the beginning of lockdown. It has already handed over about 1 Million Tonnes of foodgrain to the state state governments for free distribution under the PMGKAY scheme.
FCI has also delivered about 3.2 Million Tonnes of Foodgrains to state governments to meet the requirements under regular NFSA allocation since 24.03.2020. The stock position of foodgrains in every state/UT in the country is being closely monitored and ensured that sufficient stocks are made available at all places. As on 07.04.2020, FCI is having 54.42 Million Metric Tonnes  foodgrains . While ensuring supply of adequate foodgrains for PDS and other government schemes, FCI is ensuring that supplies in open markets are also maintained at a healthy level to avoid any price shocks. It is regularly providing rice under OMSS directly to state governments and wheat to flour Mills based on the recommendations of respective DM/DC to stabilize supply and prices. So far 1.45 LMT Wheat and 1.33 LMT rice has been allotted. Every possible effort is being made to maintain stable and regular supply of foodgrains in the country during the lockdown period.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Eight Down Toofaan Mail is not a film made with money, but with passion: Akriti Singh
The film is a fictional take on real story
I want my film to inspire people to ask fundamental existential question on filmmaking
Panaji, 22 November 2021
“I want this film to inspire people to tell their story, not to be bugged down by money or anything. ‘Eight Down Toofaan Mail’ is a not a film made with money, but with passion”, said Director Akriti Singh while addressing a Press Conference on the sidelines of 52nd International Film Festival of India, Goa today.
Akriti said that now everyone has a mobile phone and all of us shoot ourselves, every second we show a story to our near and dear. The style of filmmaking is going to change in the coming future. “I want my film to let people to ask questions on the changing style of art and nitty-gritty of new age filmmaking”, she flagged.
Narrating the plot of her directional debut, Akriti said, “A woman who claims to be the queen of Awadh landed in New Delhi in 1974 and wanted to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to ask her property back. “The film is a fictional take on this real story. I have taken a seed of the real incident and gave it a fictional touch. I tried to tell more rather than just documenting the story”, she added.
“We are a bunch of friends doing theatre. We got together and wanted to tell this crazy story of a woman. Somebody from us was a cinematographer, somebody an actor; this is first chance for many of us”, she said.
While responding to a query, she told that the joy of being on stage or facing camera crosses all hardships. “Genius of any field inspires me. That keeps me going”, she revealed the secret of her success.
Talking about IFFI, she said, “I am very overwhelmed being at IFFI, which is a wonderful platform. This is the first time I sat with the audience and watched my movie live. I was literally crying during the screening.”
Producer of the film Shaurya Aggarwal and actor Surya Rao were also present at this conference.
About the Film
EIGHT DOWN TOOFAAN MAIL 
Director: Akriti Singh
Producer: Shaurya Aggarwal
Screenplay: Akriti Singh
DOP: Shaurya Aggarwal
Editor: Akriti Singh
Cast: Akriti Singh, Surya Rao, Arshad Mumtaz
Director's Bio:
Akriti Singh is an actor, director, writer, poet and owner of a theatre company. After a brief stint in Television, she found her true calling in theatre. Eight Down Toofaan Mail is Akriti Singh’s Directional Debut.
Producer Bio: Shaurya Agarwal is an IT professional with a passion for cinema and photography. He has co-written and cinematographed his debut production ‘Eight Down Toofaan Mail’.
SYNOPSIS:
A woman landed at the New Delhi Railway station in 1974 and claimed she was the Queen of Awadh. She asked to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She was the living answer to the question, ‘How do you become a Queen?’ This film is an almost-heist based on believe-it-or-not true events from the 1970s at the New Delhi Railway Station with Nawabs from Awadh, reporters from BBC, the station master, a rickshaw puller, and a queen.TEAM IFFI PIB | NT/SSP/DR/IFFI-53
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 175.37 Cr
More than 30.81 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.28%
19,968 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload currently stands at 2,24,187
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 2.27%
With the administration of more than 30.81 lakh Doses  vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 175.37 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
This has been achieved through 1,98,72,555 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,00,661
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2nd Dose
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99,52,131
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Precaution Dose
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40,45,802
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,07,876
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2nd Dose
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1,74,15,830
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Precaution Dose
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58,97,178
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,36,25,069
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2nd Dose
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2,15,57,154
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,02,94,446
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2nd Dose
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43,55,43,092
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,20,30,925
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2nd Dose
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17,82,84,433
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,61,99,513
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2nd Dose
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11,10,65,151
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Precaution Dose
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90,03,436
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Precaution Dose
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1,89,46,416
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Total
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1,75,37,22,697
48,847 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,20,86,383.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.28%.
19,968 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseload is presently at 2,24,187. Active cases constitute 0.52% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,87,766 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 75.93 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 2.27% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.68%.
Ministry of Railways
RPF /RPSF Personnel awarded Police Medal for Gallantry , President’s Police Medal  for Distinguished Services and Police Medal  for Meritorious Services
On the occasion of Republic Day 2020, the Hon’ble President of India has awarded Police Medal for Gallantry , President’s Police Medal  for Distinguished Services and Police Medal  for Meritorious Services to the following Railway Protection Force / Railway Protection Special Force  personnel:
Police Medal for Gallantry :
- Late Shri Jagbir Singh Rana, Constable/ Northern Railway 
President’s Police Medal  for Distinguished Service
- Shri Ambika Nath Mishra, Principal Chief Security Commissioner/Eastern Railway,
- Shri Bharat Singh Meena, Commandant, 8 BN/RPSF.
Police Medal  for Meritorious Service
- Shri Yugal Kishore Joshi, DIG/RPF,
- Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, Assistant Commandant/ RPSF,
- Shri P. P. Joy, Assistant Security Commissioner/ Konkan Railway,
- Shri Deep Chandra Arya, Assistant Security Commissioner/ Northern Railway,
- Shri T. Chandrasekhar Reddy, Inspector/South Central Railway,
- Shri K. Chakravarthi, Inspector/ South Central Railway,
- Shri Satish Ingle, Head Constable/ South East Central Railway,
- Shri Deo Kumar Gond, Sub-Inspector/Konkan Railway,
- Shri G. S. Vijaykumar, Sub-Inspector/ Central Railway,
- Shri D. Balasubrahmanyam, Sub-Inspector/Training Centre, Moula Ali,
- Shri Mahfajul Haque, Inspector/4 BN RPSF,
- Shri Darshan Lal, Sub-Inspector/ 6 BN RPSF,
- Shri Nemee Chand Saini, Assistant Sub-Inspector/North Western Railway,
- Shri Alok Kumar Chatterjee, Assistant Sub-Inspector/Eastern Railway,
- Shri Ashok Kumar Yadav, Inspector/Western Railway.
PIB Headquarters
An opportunity to revive Postal Insurance Policies which lapsed for unpaid premium
In pursuance of amendments to terms & conditions of Post Office Life Insurance rules 2011 vide notification 25-1/2011-L1  dated 19th September 2019, policy holders of Postal Life Insurance  and Rural Postal Life Insurance  are hereby informed that Policies which are discontinued/lapsed for a continuous period of 5 years from the date of first unpaid premium will not be eligible for revival of policy on/ after 01.01.2020. As an one-time measure, policies which have crossed the limit of 5 years since date of payment of last premium are being provided a window for revival up to 31.12.2019 subject to production of a medical certificate of good health. Policy holders of such policies who intend to revive their policies to enjoy insurance benefits may apply in writing to any nearest Post Office.
After the given date i.e 31.12.2019, such policies will not be revived, and policies so lapsed will be treated as cancelled as per Rules, according to a press release issued by the Senior Superintendent, Tambaram Division, Chennai 600045.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India Maintains top Global Ranking with Maximum Recoveries
Has one of the Lowest Mortality Rates in the world
India continues to occupy the top global position as the country with the maximum number of recoveries. The total recoveries has crossed 54 lakhs today . It accounts for 21% of the global recovered cases, while its share in the total cases stands at 18.6%.
India has maintained its global position with one of the lowest case fatality rates  when compared to several other countries.
While the global CFR stands at 2.97% as on date, the comparative figure for India is 1.56%.
The deaths per million population in India is one of the lowest in the world. While the global average is 130 deaths /million population, India is reporting 73 deaths /million population.
India’s steady trend of posting high number of daily recoveries continues with 75,628 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours.
Higher number of single day recoveries is also reflected in the continuous increase in the national recovery rate, which is at present 83.84%.
74.36% of the recovered cases in the past 24 hours are from 10 States/UTs. Maharashtra has contributed the highest number to these followed by Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Nearly 77% of the active cases are in 10 States/UTs. Maharashtra is at the lead with more than 2.6 lakh cases.
As on date, the active cases contribute only 14.60% to the positive caseload of the country.
For the 12th successive day, India has sustained its steady trend of maintaining the active cases below the 10-lakh mark. The number of active cases today is 9,44,996.
79,476 confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country.
78.2% of the new cases are concentrated in ten States/UT. Maharashtra contributed close to 16,000 to the new cases, lower than the day before. Kerala surged to second place with 9,258 new cases while Karnataka reported more than 8000 daily new cases.
1,069 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours.
10 States and UTs account for 84.1% of fatalities in the past 24 hours.
39.66% of deaths reported yesterday are from Maharashtra with 424 deaths followed by Karnataka with 125 deaths.
Special Service and Features
Department of Posts Announces Sale of National Flags at Rs. 25/-
The Department of Posts is pleased to announce its participation in the "Har Ghar Tiranga" Campaign by offering National flags for sale at an affordable price of Rs.25/-
As part of the initiative, citizens can purchase flags from nearest post office or through the official website of the Department of Posts, www.epostoffice.gov.in.
Price and Availability: The National Flag will be available for purchase at all post offices at a cost of Rs.25/- per flag.
Online Orders: For the convenience of citizens, online orders for the purchase of National Flags can be made through the official website of the Department of Posts www.epostoffice.gov.in.
Online Order Deadline: Citizens interested in ordering National Flags online are encouraged to do so by visiting the website on or before August 12, 2023. This has been established to enable timely processing and delivery of the flags.
The Department of Posts is proud to contribute to fostering national pride and unity through this endeavor.